Nothing too clever here. In fact, quite the opposite. I’m posting so I can find this again in the future..! I recently needed to take some data about a large number of databases on an instance and generate a report for people that probably wouldn’t read...

This week I have been looking at the usage of a large number of SharePoint content databases. By *large* I mean LARGE. Over 300 spread over a number of clustered instances. “Why should we care?” I hear you asking, “sounds like a normal day at the...

One of the great features of Azure is it’s ability to deliver content held in Azure Storage blobs super quickly thanks to it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) capability. Microsoft have made use of their very own PHP SDK for Azure to deliver a great little...

Today is the final straw! A blog post is born… I’m sat remotely looking at another deployed production SharePoint environment that is not being properly backed up. For sure, backup your SharePoint configuration/service application databases and your...

During our SharePointPro Magazine webinar last week we were asked a question about why should we use an Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) for PowerShell. Good question! Here are my top reasons why I believe you should use an ISE 1. Simple to view, fold and manage...

Leading up to #SPSUK this weekend I was asked by one of the guys whether we could open 2 instances of PowerPoint simultaneously in Windows 8. I’ve come across situations where I have had to solve this previously with Excel (mostly to get independent control of...